Several Sufi Sheikhs have called for unity amongst Islamic movements, particularly the Brotherhood and Salafi groups, to work under one banner; Islam. The International Sufi Council said people were attempting to divide Sufis and the Brotherhood.

“The fact that I could sleep on the street and take part in a revolution against an unjust ruler was an amazing experience,” said the 28-year-old Islamist activist passionately. For weeks, she tasted the flavor of this emancipatory experience alongside male Islamists.

The Muslim Brotherhood seeks unity between Muslims calling for justice, civil society and a free and fair political arena. Under the influence of the tolerant Brotherhood, Egyptians are more comfortable with Shiite Islam than other Sunnis in other Arab countries.

As Russian-made jets dropped more bombs on the city of Ras Lanouf, rebel leaders in their stronghold to the east of Benghazi were not panicking. While true that the airstrikes were not causing major damage to the city or rebel positions, they have seemingly halted the advance of the young and disorganized anti-government forces.

After weeks of internal debate on how to respond to uprisings in the Arab world, the Obama administration is settling on a Middle East strategy: help keep longtime allies who are willing to reform in power, even if that means the full democratic demands of their newly emboldened citizens might have to wait.

As the defectors from the Libyan army organize the weapons they have recovered from Muammar Gaddafi’s strongholds in the region, thousands of Libyan men are volunteering to join the soldiers in a possible attack on Tripoli to oust Gaddafi from power.

The UN Security Council has unanimously ordered travel and assets ban on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his inner circle. The council demanded an “immediate end to the violence and for steps to address the legitimate demands of the population” in Libya.

Col Muammar Gaddafi’s speeches this week will have struck many viewers as crazy and perhaps pathetic, with their overblown rhetoric, theatrical delivery and furious calls to arms against the “drug-takers” who oppose him.

To avoid detection by Libyan secret police, who monitor Facebook and Twitter, Mahmoudi, the leader of the Ekhtalef (“Difference”) Movement, used what’s considered the Match.com of the Middle East to send coded love letters to rally the revolution.